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Ideology burdens 'multicultural' bandwagon
Mpls (red)Star Tribune ^
| 11/28/01
| Katherine Kersten
Posted on 11/27/2001 8:24:23 PM PST by Valin
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:36:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Over a decade ago, Stanford University students launched the multicultural education movement with this chant. The students maintained that Stanford's "Eurocentric" core curriculum was narrow and out-of-date. In today's interdependent world, they insisted, non-Western cultures must have a central role in the curriculum.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: educationnews
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posted on
11/27/2001 8:24:23 PM PST
by
Valin
To: Valin
Last year, for example, American colleges and universities graduated a grand total of nine Arabic majors. When I lived in the UAE, we had to take Arabic. Now, I wish I still knew it.
To: Valin
Wenz duzwe lurnz howda speek Eboniks ??? :-))
To: Valin
The objective study of non-Western cultures has never been multiculturalism's primary goal. In fact, its proponents generally show little interest in the languages, religions or literary and artistic masterworks of the developing world. This is because the movement is fundamentally political in nature. Its interest in Third World cultures derives primarily from their value as a springboard for launching a critique of the West, and of America in particular. Hey, great article! This whole thing is one big indictment of the political agenda of multiculturalism.
What the heck is this "Center of the American Experiment in Minneapolis"? Is this a place where Minnesotans can see what it's like to be Americans for a change?
To: GeekDejure
That's spelled UboniCks! ewens gots ta gitts moor edumacasuns.
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posted on
11/27/2001 8:44:18 PM PST
by
Valin
To: Singapore_Yank
Go to http://www.amexp.org/
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posted on
11/27/2001 8:47:03 PM PST
by
Valin
To: Valin
Ebonicizing foreign countrys: Iraq -- When we get to da pool hall, I tol my brutha Iraq, you break !!!
Israel -- I sez dat Rolex look fake. He sez bullsheet, dat watch Israel !!!
To: GeekDejure
ROTFLMAO!!!
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posted on
11/27/2001 8:58:42 PM PST
by
Valin
To: *Education News; Miss Marple
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To: Valin; Amelia
The objective study of non-Western cultures has never been multiculturalism's primary goal. In fact, its proponents generally show little interest in the languages, religions or literary and artistic masterworks of the developing world. This is because the movement is fundamentally political in nature. Its interest in Third World cultures derives primarily from their value as a springboard for launching a critique of the West, and of America in particular. Well, there you have it in a nutshell.
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posted on
11/27/2001 9:01:11 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: Valin
Bee ree lee kaw shus wit Miz Anne Thracks . . . Dat f'n ho bee da Germany pee puls dye frum !!! :-))
To: Howlin
Such a curriculum would devote careful study to Western civilization, which is after all the source of our democratic heritage. At the same time, it would include a multi-faceted inquiry into the history and culture of our neighbors around the globe. In all cases, the goal would be objective study of both successes and failures, achievements and shortcomings. In such an inquiry, heavy-handed ideological agendas would have no place. This sounds interesting to me. Not that I even liked social studies when I was in school....
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posted on
11/28/2001 6:12:12 PM PST
by
Amelia
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